{"id":123681,"date":"2022-01-07T08:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T13:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=123681"},"modified":"2022-01-06T23:10:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T04:10:28","slug":"nhl-rumours-anaheim-ducks-vancouver-canucks-san-jose-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/01\/07\/nhl-rumours-anaheim-ducks-vancouver-canucks-san-jose-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks, San Jose Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to another edition of NHL Rumours. Today we travel out to the west coast where the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> are starting their search for a new General Manager. In Canada, the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> could be looking to move backup goaltender Jaroslav Halak<\/a>. Finally, the San Jose Sharks<\/a> could trade one of their talented forwards this season. Here are your NHL rumours for today.<\/p>\n

NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n

Anaheim Ducks<\/h3>\n

Rumour: Pierre LeBrun of the Athletic<\/a> is reporting that the Anaheim Ducks are including interim General Manager Jeff Solomon in their list of candidates for the General Manager position.<\/em><\/p>\n

Analysis:<\/em> Bob Murray<\/a>\u00a0held the position in question for a very long time. In fact, he was the third longest-tenured General Manager prior to his resignation in November. In the meantime, Jeff Solomon takes over as the head of the front office. Some other internal names on their list of interviews include Martin Madden and Dave Nonis. The team will also interview several external candidates.<\/p>\n

Another point of note is that the team is including a few former players in the interview process. Paul Kariya<\/a>\u00a0and Scott Niedermayer<\/a>\u00a0are also members of the committee. Niedermayer has participated in a player development role with the team in a part-time capacity. This will be Kariya’s first foray into this type of role with the Ducks.<\/p>\n

Vancouver Canucks<\/h3>\n

Rumour: TSN’s Darren Dreger is reporting that current Vancouver Canucks backup goaltender Jaroslav Halak could be traded soon.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This is interesting. We discussed a bit on the show, so I poked around a bit. I believe the Canucks would consider trading Halak, mostly because Demko is likely to play a lot and the return should be decent for Jaro. The bonus $ likely part of the equation, but not main reason. https:\/\/t.co\/MnBJPPaJcE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n